Internet of Shit

The social robot 'Jibo' announced to people who owned one that it will soon be dying.

The “moderate to severe” vulnerabilities discovered by the hacker LimitedResults have since been fixed, according to the smart bulb company LIFX.

The Anonymous Calgary Hivemind has been systematically hacking into smart home security cameras to warn their owners.

Through a novel marrying of different tools, Kamerka can take an address, landmark, or coordinates and display exposed internet connected cameras on a map.

The law only applies to passwords that come pre-programmed into devices, but it’s still a step in the right direction.

But security experts say it will take a lot more than regulation to fix this particular dumpster fire.

Consumer Reports is the first to integrate privacy and security in reviews in a bid to fix the internet of broken things.

Researchers at a university in Israel have found ways to turn smart irrigation systems into a botnet that could theoretically drain some of a city’s water reserves. But don’t panic.

Copenhagen-based Bycyklen staff had to reboot every bike in its 100-dock system, thanks to a hacker.

Attackers said “God’s wrath will be employed against the IP that you provide us.”

The bug is just the latest in a long, seemingly endless list of flaws found in so-called smart devices.

It's the first example showing a connected device being used to physically attack someone.